Hedge fence.



No. 719,605. PATENT@ PEB. 3.1903.`

' M. NEIL.

HEDGE FENCE.

PLIoA'rIon funn un. 1o, .1902. xo MODEL.

VENTOR -h Ailanuy UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL NEIL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

HEDGE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 719,605, datedFebruary 3, 1903.

,nplication iiled March 10,1902.

'0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL NEIL, a resident of Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hedge Fences; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertans to makeand usethe same.

My invention relates to an improved hedge fence, the object of theinvention being to so support the hedge-canes between a woven wire andlongitudinal wires and so connect the woven wire and individual wirestogether and to the canes as to insure a strong and durable as well asan even fence and not injure the canes in the slightest, and, further,to improve the hedge fence disclosed in Patent No. 591,874., granted tome October 19, 1897, for a hedge fence.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View illustrating myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a view in section, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 areviews of various forms of devices for hooking the woven wires andindividual wires together and the former to thehedge-canes.

l represents a line of hedgecanes grown in the usual manner, with thebranches partly or wholly removed. Posts are driven into the ground orotherwise supported in line with the canes, to which a woven wire 2 issecured and drawn taut against one side of the line of canes, and on theopposite side of the canes wires 3 are drawn taut and secured to theposts above mentioned. If, however, the canes are sufficiently grown tosupport the netting 2 and wires 3, the employment of posts driven in theground may be dispensed with. The longitudinal wires 3 are connected atintervals and between the canes with the woven Wire 2 by double hooks orlinks 4, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, a detail view of the hook beingillustrated in Fig. 3, in which view the hook is shown as comprising asingle piece of strong wire bent at both ends into hook shape, onehooked end to receive a strand of the Serial No. 97,554. (No model.)

woven wire and the other to receive a longitudinal wire 3, when thehooked ends are bent to close the hooks and prevent possibility of theescape of either wires 8 or woven wire 2. In practice I preferablyemploy a suitable tool to quickly bend the hooked ends of hooks 4, andthus greatly expedite the construction of the fence. The lowerselvage-wire of the woven wire is connected to the canes by hooks 5, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2,and adetail of the hook is illustratedinFig. 4.. These hooks 5 each comprise a piece of strong wire bent atone end,lforming a comparatively large horizontally-disposed hook orloop to receive the cane and be clamped thereon near the ground and theother end of the hook bent into a smaller vertically-disposed hook toreceive the lower selvage-wire of the woven wire, and when the hook isclosed by a suitable tool the attachment to the canes becomes apermanent one.

While I might employ metal links 6 (shown in Fig. 5) or other forms ofattachment to connect the woven wire 2 with wires 3 and with canes l,still I prefer to employ the hooks or links 4. and 5, as they areespecially adapted for the purpose.

It will be seen that with my improvements the canes are supportedbetween the woven wire 2 and wires 3, and as the lower selvagewire ofthe woven wire is connected to the canes near the ground the woven wirecannot work up nor away from the canes, as the hooks 5 are connecteddirectly with the canes, but will not interfere in the slightest withthe free growth of the hedge, and by constructing the fences as aboveexplained it can be made a barrier to stock much earlier than any fenceof this character heretofore known.

When the woven wire is applied to young hedges when the branches aresmall and pliable, it may not be necessary to remove the bran chesbefore applying the wire. They are then easily bent up against the canesbeing embraced by the wires.

Various slight changes might be resorted to in the generalform andarrangement of the several parts described without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention, and hence I would have it understoodthat I do not limit myself to the details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to make such IOO slight changes and alterations as fairlyfall Within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure'by Letters Patent, isv l. In a fence, the combination with a lineof hedge-canes,of a wire-n ettin g arranged wholly on one side of theline of canes, a single horizontal wire located wholly on the other sideof the line of canes in line with the upper edge of the netting, linkslocated transversely between the canes and each having a hook or loop ateach end, certain of said links engaging and connecting the upper edgeof the netting with the said single horizontal wire, and other linksconnecting the canes near their base with the netting.

2. The combination with aline of canes, of a wire-netting located whollyon one side of the line of canes, a single wire located wholly on theother side of the line of canes in line with the upper edge of thenetting, links connecting the single wire with the netting at pointsbetween the canes, and a series of lin ks,

having hooks at their respective ends disposed at right angles to eachother, one hook of each of said last-mentioned links engaging the loweiedge of the netting and the other vhook ofveach last-mentioned linkengaging a cane near the base of the latter.

3. In a fence, the combination with a line of canes, of woven wirelocated wholly on one side of the line of canes, a horizontal wirelocated wholly on the other side of the line of canes and opposite froma point between the lower and upper edges of the woven wire, linksconnecting this horizontal wire with the woven wire at points betweenthe canes, and a series of links having hooks at their respective endsdisposed at right angles to each other, one hook of each of saidlast-mentioned links engaging the lower edge of the woven wire and theother hook of each last-mentioned link engaging a cane near the base ofthe latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

' MICHAEL NEIL. Witnesses:

WM. H. NE1L, VERNETTA SHADE.

